Βούλιμος

terrible hunger

Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jun 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 20 words

Masculine.
[Meaning] prolonged starvation.¹
"Many fell on the road because of terrible hunger, both their hands and feet frozen off."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βούλιμος· ἀρσενικῶς. ἡ ἐπιτεταμένη λιμός. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ὁδοῦ πολλοὶ ἔπεσον ὑπὸ τοῦ βουλίμου καὶ χεῖρας καὶ πόδας ἀπεκαύθησαν.

Βούλιμος · terrible hunger (β 441) · Suda

*bou/limos: a)rsenikw=s. h( e)pitetame/nh limo/s. e)pi\ de\ th=s o(dou= polloi\ e)/peson u(po\ tou= bouli/mou kai\ xei=ras kai\ po/das a)pekau/qhsan.